Attitudes towards plagiarism among undergraduate accounting students: Malaysian evidence

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-146

  Smith, Malcolm ^a   Ghazali, Noorlaila ^a   Minhad, Siti Fatimah Noor ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Malaysia; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097383     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13217340710823350     Document Type: Article

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